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Heinrich Heine, German poet whose international literary reputation and influence were established by the Buch der Lieder (1827; The Book of Songs), frequently set to music, though the more sombre poems of his last years are also highly regarded. Heine was born of Jewish parents.

Heinrich Heine. 1797–1856. Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Heinrich Heine was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, to assimilated Jewish parents. Heine’s uncle was a powerful banker who supported Heine for much of his life, only to write him out of his will.

Heinrich Heine, orig. Harry Heine, (born Dec. 13, 1797, Düsseldorf—died Feb. 17, 1856, Paris, France), German poet. Born of Jewish parents, he converted to Protestantism to enter careers that he never actually pursued.

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine ( German: [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhaɪnə] ⓘ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert.

Heinrich Heine: Germany's Wronged Literary Genius DW staff (win) 02/17/2006 Friday marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Heine. While Germans long reviled the poet, others have...

Heinrich Heine - German Poet, Satirist, Critic: Heine’s power to annoy was as great as his power to charm and move, and rarely has a great poet been so controversial in his own country. His aggressive satires, radical postures, and insouciance about his methods made him appear to many as an unpatriotic and subversive scoundrel, and the growth ...

HEINE, HEINRICH (originally Ḥayyim or Harry ; 1797–1856), German poet and writer. Though a celebrated romantic poet and a political writer, whose works provoked passionate discussion, Heine produced some of the greatest Jewish verse outside Hebrew or Yiddish. Heine's way of thinking was shaped by the contradictions between his Jewish origin ...

December 13, 1797 Died February 17, 1856 Genre Poetry, Memoir edit data Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic.